March 24, 2010 at 05:53 PM by admin
It’s a pleasure to possess a dog. However, it’s not that easy to take care
of dogs and is especially difficult to train them.
You should take over a number of responsibilities when keeping a pet dog and
one of your primal responsibilities should be training. Dog training is important
since in general, because taking care of and loving a well-trained pet is easier
and more fun. Besides they cause less damage to your home. Indeed without proper
training your dog will destroy your belongings, fight other dogs, bark without
any reason, dig holes in your yard, and even bite everybody, including you.
A good dog trainer can prevent this by means of good training.
In order to prevent this many dog owners train dogs by practicing punishments
as a training method. However, this method can hardly prove to be effective
and reasonable since it may frighten dogs. Eventually this may lead to aggressive
pet behavior.
It’s necessary to practice a positive dog training. In fact, positive animal
training covers two important point, namely disregarding bad behavior and encouraging
good behavior.
For instance, if your dog jumps over you when you come home after your work,
don’t shout at him, just cross your arms and turn round. If he whines or barks
don’t speak to him, just ignore him. Pay attention to him, caress and pat on
him as soon as he calms down. If you dog chews on your shoe, don’t scream at
her. Indeed you should take the shoe away and immediately replace it with a
toy for him to chew on. Then you should pat on him and praise him for chewing
on the toy.
Also praise him when he eliminates outside. When you praise and encourage him
he will make a tendency to eliminate outside and never on the carpet inside.
A good dog trainer uses different tones of voice to train his dog. For instance,
‘no’ should be said in a low and authoritative voice. Scolds should be done
by making the words longer.
If you are unwilling or busy to train your canine friend, turn to a professional,
who has devoted a lot of time to animal career and takes pet training very serious.
November 05, 2009 at 04:23 PM by admin
If you’re a certified dog trainer and would like to spend more of your time helping dogs in need, you can volunteer for the Animal Humane Society. The Animal Humane Society is always seeking caring and compassionate volunteers that can assist their Animal Behavior and Training division.
Whether you are new to this exciting animal career or have been a dog trainer for most of your life, the Animal Humane Society can use your help. The organization can use the help of volunteers to help train dogs. Training dogs help increase an animal’s chance of finding a new home by helping them to improve their behavior skills or help them overcome shyness and fearfulness. The organization needs dog training professionals to assist their Training School by facilitating the learning process and helping students. Finally, the Animal Humane Society can use volunteers to be a part of their “Behavior Helpline” by answering animal behavior problems.
The only prerequisite for these animal training positions is adoption support volunteering. This means that interested volunteers must first volunteer to help find good matches between people and animals that need to be adopted. This program allows volunteers to work with dogs, cats or small mammals on the adoption floor.
If you love to train dogs and would like to volunteer your time, contact the Animal Humane Society today.
October 12, 2009 at 02:54 PM by admin
When it comes to dog training, there is perhaps no one more famous than Cesar Millan. Known to millions as the “Dog Whisperer” thanks to his hit cable TV show, Millan is almost certainly the most famous dog trainer in the world. Now, Millan has put his best tips and stories into a book designed to help owners train dogs to be the best they can be.
In “How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond,” Millan discusses the proper foundation for training your dog at home. Millan relates his own personal experiences as a dog trainer to different problems that dog owners typically face while giving clear instructions on how to take control of your problem pooch.
The reviews for the book have been strong, with Newsweek saying that Millan’s “wizardlike facility with dogs–the calm he brings to them, the confident way he handles them–is mind-blowing” while the New Yorker says that Millan “arrives amid canine chaos and leaves behind peace.”